Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 05:27:19 -0600 To: "Jim Powell, Jr., USGenWeb Southeast/Mid-Atlantic Region CC Representative" <jpowelljr@gru.net>, "Teri Pettit, USGenWeb Southeast/Mid-Atlantic Region CC Representative" <pettit@adobe.com> From: C Hammett <CarHammett@mindspring.com> Subject: Commercial Abuse Grievance #2 Cc: TNGenWeb CC List <TN-All@egroups.com>, USGW-CC-L@USGenNet.Org In accordance with the USGenWeb Project Bylaws, Article XIV, GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES AND APPEALS PROCESS, this email is to request that the USGenWeb Project Advisory Board arrange for an impartial party to mediate the following grievance against USGenWeb Project National Coordinator Tim Stowell; to wit: 1. The United States Genealogy Network, Inc. (http://USGenNet.Org), an IRS-approved nonprofit public benefit corporation, provides free web space and tools to all USGenWeb Project Coordinators. 2. The USGenWeb Project is an unincorporated not-for-profit association (USGenWeb Bylaws, Article III) 3. Timothy Stowell, USGenWeb Project National Coordinator, with no authority or legitimate basis for same, on Jan 3, 2000 ordered the nonprofit USGenNet to remove the USGenWeb Project's "Official Logo" from its site (see below) while permitting the commercial Rootsweb.com, Inc. to use said logo on thousands of commercial pages (most notably "cluster" pages such as http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TN/). 4. USGenNet complied immediately, but requested clarification from Tim Stowell as to why it was not permitted the same privileges as commercial entities (see below). Mr. Stowell never responded. The favoritism displayed by Mr. Stowell toward a commercial entity over a nonprofit entity jeopardizes the nonprofit status of the USGenWeb Project, damages the Project's public image and trust, and reduces the ability of all USGenWeb Project Coordinators, at every level, to recruit volunteers and submissions. Should either (a) all other entities, particularly RootsWeb.com, Inc., be prohibited from using said logo; or (b) should USGenNet be permitted to use said logo, this grievance may be considered inactive, for so long as these conditions are met. Carole Hammett Warren Co, TNGenWeb CC http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/ References: Return-Path: <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Received: from smtp.well.com (smtp.well.com [208.178.101.5]) by mail.well.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA15819 for <dogtrot@mail.well.com>; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 22:27:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from seeker.rootsquest.com (root@rootsquest.com [209.19.155.237]) by smtp.well.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA17553 for <dogtrot@well.com>; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 22:27:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from s20.highertech.net (root@[209.54.120.20]) by seeker.rootsquest.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA05779 for <webmaster@usgennet.org>; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 23:26:00 GMT Received: from tim (tstowell@tnt1-151.highertech.net [209.140.61.151]) by s20.highertech.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id BAA24826; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 01:25:47 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000103012606.019aa540@mail.chattanooga.net> X-Sender: foghorn@mail.chattanooga.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 01:26:06 -0500 To: webmaster@usgennet.org From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Subject: http://www.usgennet.org/usgenweb.html Cc: board-exec-l@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Sir or Madam: Please remove the USGenWeb logo from http://www.usgennet.org/usgenweb.html . This is our official copyrighted logo to be used only on officially approved USGenWeb sites. You may however use one of the logos shown at http://www.usgenweb.org/friends/friendslogo.html . You prompt attention to this matter will be appreciated. Timothy S Stowell email - tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN National Coordinator USGenWeb Project - http://www.usgenweb.org X-Sender: carhammett@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:33:56 -0700 To: Tim.Stowell@mindspring.com, Coordinator@mindspring.com, USGenWeb Project <tstowell@chattanooga.net>, USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org From: C Hammett <carhammett@mindspring.com> Subject: USGW-CC-L: USGenWeb Project Logo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-usgw-cc-l@rootsquest.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: USGW-CC-L@usgennet.org Dear Mr. Stowell: Since the USGenWeb Project has apparently officially approved the use of the USGenWeb Project logo on non-USGenWeb Project sites by commercial corporations linking to the USGenWeb Project, I respectfully request clarification as to why USGenNet, a nonprofit corporation, is not accorded the same privilege (see below). USGenNet's reason for including the USGenWeb Project Logo on the below-referenced page was for clarity (lest anyone confuse USGenNet, a service organization, with the USGenWeb Project itself). Sincerely, Carole Hammett, Recording Secretary United States Genealogy Network, Inc. http://USGenNet.Org/ Co-Coordinator Warren Co, TNGenWeb Project http://www.tngennet.org/warren/ ===== Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 01:26:06 -0500 To: webmaster@usgennet.org From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> Subject: http://www.usgennet.org/usgenweb.html Cc: board-exec-l@rootsweb.com Dear Sir or Madam: Please remove the USGenWeb logo from http://www.usgennet.org/usgenweb.html . This is our official copyrighted logo to be used only on officially approved USGenWeb sites. You may however use one of the logos shown at http://www.usgenweb.org/friends/friendslogo.html . You prompt attention to this matter will be appreciated. Timothy S Stowell email - tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN National Coordinator USGenWeb Project - http://www.usgenweb.org